How to delete all emails from apple mail
To delete all emails from Apple Mail on your Mac or iOS device, follow these steps:
Method 1: Delete all emails from the Mail app on Mac
- Open the Mail app on your Mac.
- Click on "Mail" in the top menu bar and select "Edit" > "Select All" (or use the keyboard shortcut Command+A).
- This will select all emails in the inbox.
- Right-click (or control-click) on one of the selected emails and choose "Delete" (or use the keyboard shortcut Command+Delete).
- Confirm that you want to delete all selected emails by clicking "Delete" in the pop-up dialog box.
Method 2: Delete all emails from the Mail app on iOS
- Open the Mail app on your iOS device.
- Tap on the "Edit" button in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Tap on "Select All" at the top of the screen.
- This will select all emails in the inbox.
- Tap on the "Trash" button at the bottom of the screen.
- Confirm that you want to delete all selected emails by tapping "Delete" in the pop-up dialog box.
Method 3: Delete all emails using the Mailbox menu
- Open the Mail app on your Mac or iOS device.
- Click on "Mailbox" in the top menu bar (on Mac) or tap on the "Mailbox" button in the top-left corner of the screen (on iOS).
- Select "Empty Trash" from the dropdown menu (on Mac) or tap on "Edit" > "Select All" > "Trash" (on iOS).
- Confirm that you want to delete all emails by clicking "Empty Trash" (on Mac) or tapping "Delete" (on iOS).
Note: Before deleting all emails, make sure you have backed up your emails to iCloud or another backup service, in case you need to recover them later.